Mitchell JENKINS

(1896-1977)

JENKINS, Mitchell, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Forty Fort, Luzerne
County, Pa., January 24, 1896; attended the Kingston public schools
and the Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa.; was graduated from
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in June 1919 and New York
University Law School, New York City, in June 1923; was admitted to
the New York bar in December 1923 and the Pennsylvania bar in
January 1924 and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; assistant
district attorney of Luzerne County 1938-1946; enlisted as a
private in the United States Army in April 1917, and was discharged
as a first lieutenant January 2, 1919; enlisted in the Pennsylvania
National Guard as a private in January 1926 and rose through the
ranks to lieutenant colonel prior to induction into Federal service
on February 17, 1941; served four and a half years during the
Second World War, promoted to colonel and was placed on inactive
status October 5, 1945; promoted to brigadier general (retired),
Pennsylvania National Guard; elected as a Republican to the
Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); was not a
candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress;
assistant district attorney of Luzerne County, Pa., in 1949 and in
1950; resumed the practice of law in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he
died September 15, 1977; interment in Evergreen Cemetery,
Shavertown, Pa.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present